Answer to Question #27843 in Action Script | Flash | Flex | ColdFusion for Rodrick Isaac

Question

Since, the Universe is said to be exspanding at an accellerated pace or rate. A. Whats the rate? And more interesting, how long in years , will it take until the Universe reaches the speed of light ??

Answer 1

The universe is expanding at a rate of 73.8 kilometers persecond per 3.26 million light-years. It means that a galaxy, which is located
at a distance of 3.26 million light-years away, is mowing away at a speed of
73.8 kilometers per second. Galaxy, at a distance, twice bigger is moving away
twice faster, and so on.
Recession velocity is proportional to distance. It meansthat the farther away from the Earth is one or another galaxy, the faster it's
moving away from us. Thus, galaxies, located further than some particular
distance from us, are receding from us with velocities greater than the speed
of light. Superluminal recession (recession with a velocity, faster than the
speed of light) is a fundamental part of the general relativistic description
of the expanding universe. So technically, you can say that the Universe is
expanding faster than the speed of light.